Blue Springs High School senior Simon Belete’s march to the podium began only a few weeks after the completion of his sophomore season.
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Rockhurst’s Zach Herriott is the All-Metro boys cross country runner of the year
Halfway through the final race of his high school career, Rockhurst senior Zach ...
2011 Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year profile
Aaron ThornburgRanks second in a class of 444 with a 4.78 grade-point average. ...
2011 Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year: SM Northwest's Aaron Thornburg
E very day, Aaron Thornburg would take his seat in Lindsay Kincaid’s Honors English class at Shawnee Mission Northwest and immediately get to work. Not on anything school-related, but on those weird…
Rockhurst junior Zach Herriott leads All-Metro boys cross country
The rise of Rockhurst High School junior Zach Herriott as the best Kansas City area boys cross-country runner began with missteps.Herriott won the Missouri Class 4 state meet race in 15 minutes,…
Local runners find success at Missouri cross country championships
JEFFERSON CITY | Those rookies.Throughout the day Saturday at the Missouri cross country championships, local runners experienced the euphoria of winning their first state championship and reacted in…
FIVE THINGS TO WATCH at Missouri cross country state meet
Saturday at Oak Hills Golf Center in Jefferson City1 The hills are alive Many local runners will see the most challenging course of their high school season. The course is hilly throughout, and, as a…
Cougars back on top at Kansas cross country state meet
Order has been restored in Kansas Class 6A cross country now that the Shawnee Mission Northwest boys are back on top. After two years of watching another team hoist the trophy, the SM Northwest boys…
She's from Blue Springs South, and she's aiming for state title
The field is set, the top cross country runners in Missouri are ready and the countdown begins. The Missouri high school cross country championships for both boys and girls will take place Saturday…
Rockhurst's Herriott, Blue Springs South's Nightingale win cross country sectional title
Aggressiveness.That was the attitude displayed Saturday morning by the top boys and girls runners at the Missouri Class 4 cross country sectional at Longview Community College.The aggression shown by…
Olathe East girls edge Shawnee Mission West for 6A cross country title
LAWRENCE | The gap between state champion and runner-up varies, but it’s hard to imagine a finish closer than the one between Olathe East and Shawnee Mission West at the Kansas Class 6A cross country…
Five things to watch in Kansas high school cross country
1 Return of the Cougars dynasty.The Shawnee Mission Northwest boys cross country team won the Kansas 6A state championship 14 years in a row before Lawrence High School seized the title in 2008 and…
NOTEBOOK: St. Pius X cross country, Platte County softball, Park Hill swimming, Liberty football
One thing Drew Keefer’s tale proves is this: Hard work pays off.Just ask St. Pius X cross country coach Richard Murphy.Murphy really couldn’t be more proud of Keefer, a senior runner who won the…
NOTEBOOK: LS West cross country, Pembroke Hill soccer, Blue Springs football
When the Lee’s Summit West High School girls cross country team steps onto the grassy course at the KC Metro Championship on Saturday, competitors will see the No. 35th ranked team in the nation. The…
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Ashtin Stephens•SCHOOL: Blue Springs•YEAR: Senior•SPORT: SoftballStephens, a shortstop who’s committed to Missouri, led the Wildcats to the Blue Springs South Tournament title last…
Harrisonville's Korolev is All-Metro boys cross-country runner of the year
After a stellar cross-country season, in which he won a Missouri state championship with speed rarely seen among high school runners, Harrisonville senior Maksim Korolev still believes he could have…